Leonteq Sees Shareholder Returns in 2027 as CEO Seeks Turnaround
Leonteq targets a payout ratio of about 30% beyond a capital ratio of 15% from the first half of 2027, it said in an earnings release on Thursday. The current CET1 capital ratio stands at 14.4%.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
16 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Luis Diaz's Bayern deal moves €100m transfer closer
Liverpool completed a deal earlier this week which sees Luis Diaz join Bayern Munich for around £65m. The Colombian winger's contract was ticking down - set to expire in 2027 - and so Richard Hughes took the decision to let him go. 🔴 Shop the LFC Store LFC x adidas Shop the home range today! LFC x adidas Shop the goalkeeper range today LFC x adidas Shop the new adidas range today! Arne Slot's squad is well covered in the left-wing area despite the loss of Diaz. Cody Gakpo performs best on the left side of attack and Rio Ngumoha looks set to receive significant minutes in that sector next season. 🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas away range from 9am TODAY Don't forget Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike either. Those two former Bundesliga stars are multifaceted attackers - who Liverpool decision-makers see as potential solutions on the left side. Mac Allister upset over Diaz sale You can add the proceeds of Diaz's £65m sale to the Bavarians to the cash pile being readied for a SECOND bid for Alexander Isak too. In short, this transfer has plenty of upsides - even if Liverpool must find 13 Premier League goals from someone else next season. All is rosy in the garden? Not quite. Because now a report comes in from Spain which suggests Alexis Mac Allister is dismayed at the sale of his fellow South American. Mac Allister, 26, posted on social media earlier this week that he was in tears following Diaz's departure. And now Defensa Central claims that the Argentina World Cup winner is considering his future at the club. Real Madrid want Mac Allister 'The Argentine is very upset with the sale of Luis Diaz, whom he considered his brother at Liverpool,' the report states. Now it must be borne in mind that this outlet is very much biased towards Real Madrid. And if they spot an opportunity to send a transfer target towards the Bernabeu then they will take it. It's been reported that Mac Allister is a favourite of Xabi Alonso - and he was just as admired by previous Madrid coaching incumbent Carlo Ancelotti. Madrid are certainly sniffing around and are still in need of a proper successor Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Carnival Corporation &'s (NYSE:CCL) investors will be pleased with their strong 196% return over the last three years
The worst result, after buying shares in a company (assuming no leverage), would be if you lose all the money you put in. But if you buy shares in a really great company, you can more than double your money. To wit, the Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE:CCL) share price has flown 196% in the last three years. That sort of return is as solid as granite. It's also good to see the share price up 49% over the last quarter. So let's assess the underlying fundamentals over the last 3 years and see if they've moved in lock-step with shareholder returns. This technology could replace computers: discover the 20 stocks are working to make quantum computing a reality. While markets are a powerful pricing mechanism, share prices reflect investor sentiment, not just underlying business performance. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price. Carnival Corporation & became profitable within the last three years. That kind of transition can be an inflection point that justifies a strong share price gain, just as we have seen here. You can see how EPS has changed over time in the image below (click on the chart to see the exact values). It is of course excellent to see how Carnival Corporation & has grown profits over the years, but the future is more important for shareholders. Take a more thorough look at Carnival Corporation &'s financial health with this free report on its balance sheet. A Different Perspective It's good to see that Carnival Corporation & has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 96% in the last twelve months. That's better than the annualised return of 15% over half a decade, implying that the company is doing better recently. Given the share price momentum remains strong, it might be worth taking a closer look at the stock, lest you miss an opportunity. I find it very interesting to look at share price over the long term as a proxy for business performance. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Carnival Corporation & (of which 1 is potentially serious!) you should know about. We will like Carnival Corporation & better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of undervalued stocks (mostly small caps) with considerable, recent, insider buying. Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on American exchanges. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
For US Companies, Europe Is Hard to Resist: Credit Weekly
(Bloomberg) -- Companies are increasingly looking to Europe to raise money cheaply, a shift that is turning out to be a near-term positive for US corporate debt. The World's Data Center Capital Has Residents Surrounded An Abandoned Art-Deco Landmark in Buffalo Awaits Revival We Should All Be Biking Along the Beach Seeking Relief From Heat and Smog, Cities Follow the Wind San Francisco in Talks With Vanderbilt for Downtown Campus Verizon Communications Inc. this week sold €2 billion ($2.31 billion) of debt, its first deal in the European market since early 2024. Earlier in July, FedEx Corp. and PepsiCo Inc. both sold debt in the common currency, their first offerings there since 2021. US companies have sold €116.3 billion ($134 billion) of debt in Europe this year, known as reverse yankee issuance, just €4.4 billion shy of an annual record with about five months left in the year. Some corporations, like FedEx and PepsiCo, are just refinancing euro debt that's maturing, but the aggregate figure is higher with good reason: the European Central Bank is in active rate cutting mode amid muted inflation pressures, while the US hasn't cut rates since December. 'From an issuer's point of view, it's less expensive to borrow in euros,' said Gordon Shannon, a portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management. The outlook for US rates in the coming months is getting hazier. A report on Friday said job growth slowed sharply over the past three months and the unemployment rate rose, signaling the labor market is shifting into a lower gear and giving the Federal Reserve more leeway to cut rates. US Treasury yields dropped, but to levels seen in early July. Even with Friday's market moves, borrowing in Europe remains cheaper. For borrowers that hedge, that dynamic may change in the coming days. Even so, over time the shift is probably toward more company bond sales in Europe, according to Hans Mikkelsen, US credit strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Securities. As the US continues to impose more tariffs on other countries, including fresh levies announced on Thursday, foreign investors may have a 'natural tendency' to buy less US corporate bonds in favor of Euro-denominated corporate debt, Mikkelsen said in an interview. That decrease in demand will lead companies to seek out investors where they are. 'It's a bit of a long-term structural development where you'll see more US companies ease into those other markets,' Mikkelsen said in an interview. 'There will be less demand for US corporate bonds and more demand for non-US corporate bonds. US companies will have the same issuance needs. So they have to realize that they have to fund themselves more in other currencies.' In addition to US companies looking to borrow in euros, European companies are increasingly shying away from borrowing in dollars. In July, reverse yankee issuance was about $9 billion, compared with $3 billion on average for the month over the prior three years, according to Mikkelsen. European companies, on the other hand, borrowed a little more than $2 billion in dollars in July, compared with $13 billion a month on average for the prior three years. Those shifts toward European issuance go a long way toward explaining why US dollar bond sales fell short of Wall Street dealers' forecasts last month, Mikkelsen wrote. Dealers had forecast sales of around $100 billion for July, while actual sales were closer to about $81 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News. In the near term, anything that reduces selling volume, known as a technical factor, could help keep spreads on US high-grade corporate bonds relatively tight. At the same time, demand, also a technical factor, remains strong globally, with cash gushing into credit funds. US company debt faces a series of pressures now, but valuations for much of the past week were at their strongest level of the year, with spreads at just 0.76 percentage point as of Thursday's close. 'If you take this overarching trend of net supply being down, banks issuing less because of regulatory reform expectations as was the case this past quarter and more US companies are issuing in Europe, all that does is further reinforce the positive technicals in the US market,' according to John Servidea, global co-head of investment-grade finance at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Week In Review US leveraged-loan issuance reached a fresh record in July, as junk-rated borrowers flocked to the market largely to reprice debt, saving companies millions in interest expenses. Deutsche Bank has seen its league table rankings drop in leveraged finance, to no. 8 from no. 1 in 2014. The bank has gotten tangled up in a series of difficult deals, and has faced internal and regulatory pressure to shrink the business, according to people familiar with the matter. Centerbridge Partners joined the ranks of many alternatives managers that see accessing 401(k) retirement funds as a logical next step for private credit firms. But while many are welcoming a future where 401(k) retirement vehicles have access to private investments, Sixth Street Partners' Co-Chief Investment Officer Josh Easterly is urging caution. Chinese developer Fantasia Holdings Group Co. plans to release a new restructuring plan in the coming weeks after previous attempts fizzled, underscoring the years-long struggle of builders to move past an unprecedented property crisis. In the US investment-grade bond market, Lazard Inc. sold $300 million of notes to refinance debt maturing in 2027, while Sherwin-Williams Co. sold $1.5 billion in three tranches. In Europe, UK utility Southern Water Ltd. sold the biggest sterling corporate bond in nearly 18 months as it seeks to shore up its finances, while General Motors Financial Co Inc. and Severn Trent sold impromptu euro debt offerings. Harley-Davidson Inc. said it plans to sell a nearly 10% stake in its finance unit along with more than $5 billion of retail loans to KKR & Co. and Pacific Investment Management Co. Bloomberg had previously reported that the firms were in advanced talks. Wall Street has a familiar gripe about the bots that now handle a growing share of trading in the corporate bond market: they are there to buy and sell your bonds, right up until you really need them. In periods of severe market stress, these computer-driven programs have historically struggled to keep up, forcing traders to turn them off. But in April, the algos showed signs of learning to stay online even when volatility spikes. A UK carpet firm that once supplied the British royal family has been scrambling for months to manage its looming debt maturities. It found a solution in an unlikely place: US distressed debt funds. EchoStar Corp., the broadband company that's missed debt payments, is being pushed by federal regulators to sell some of its airwaves to address concerns it has failed to put valuable slices of wireless spectrum to use. Legal software provider Dye & Durham Ltd. launched a review of strategic options, including a potential sale, in a bid to maximize shareholder value after reaching a truce with one of its largest investors. On the Move Oliver Thym, a partner at Thoma Bravo, is leaving the firm after more than five years as its most senior credit executive. Thym, who oversaw Thoma Bravo's credit funds and strategic debt investments, will transition out of his role by the end of this year as the firm adds Jeff Levin and Kunal Soni who previously worked at Morgan Stanley. Oaktree Capital Management hired two executives from Bain Capital and Intermediate Capital Group as it builds out its Europe direct lending business. Alessandro Nuti, who worked at Bain for over seven years, is joining as a managing director, while Kieran Thind is joining from Intermediate Capital as a senior vice president. CoBank recruited Aimee Evans as syndicate head of sales, capital markets. Evans previously worked at BMO Capital Markets as a managing director, and spent about a decade at Bank of the West before it was acquired by BMO. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.'s head of loan origination for East Asia, Hong Kong-based Wami Ha, is retiring after more than 30 years working in the banking sector. Separately, SMBC appointed former Morgan Stanley managing director Joy Kwek as head of capital markets and solutions for Asia Pacific — a newly created role based in Singapore. --With assistance from Tasos Vossos. How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry Everyone Loves to Hate Wind Power. Scotland Found a Way to Make It Pay Off Russia Builds a New Web Around Kremlin's Handpicked Super App Cage-Free Eggs Are Booming in the US, Despite Cost and Trump's Efforts What's Really Behind Those Rosy GDP Numbers? ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
